Improvement in sliding and swinging gate hinges



-A. H-.-HUGKABA. Sliding and Swinging Gate-Hinge.-

No. 222,786. Pat ented Deb; 23, 1 19..

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"rrrrnsj PATENI ALBERT I51. HUC-KABA, or CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,786, dated December23, 1879; application filed August 29, 1879.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. HUOKABA, of Charleston, Goles county,State of Illinois, have invented Improvements in Sliding and SwingingGate Hinges, of which the following is the specification.

0n reference to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the gate,one of its posts beingpartlyin section to show mortises therein; andFig. 2 is a perspective of one post, to which is connected the frame onwhich the gate slides and swings.

My invention relates to sliding and swin ging gates; and it consists inthe construction and combination of parts hereinafter particularlyspecified.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A refers to the gate, which isframed of longitudinal and vertical bars crossing each other, thelongitudinal bars projecting at one end beyond the vertical bars, so asto form tenons B, that are to fit, when the gate is closed, intomortises 0, formed in one of the gate-posts, while the top longitudinalbar has secured to it by. any suitable means a pin or block about midwayof its length, the object thereof being to limit the slide of the gateso that it may be checked at a point where it will be balanced on itsbearing. Instead of having this block on the top rail it may be on therail next below the top, and so placed thereon that it will strike postF when the gate is slid open, and in that way discharge the samefunction as when on the top rail, possessing the advantage of relievingthe swivel-pin of any undue strain. The other post, F, has connected toits upper portion a frame, Gr,cast or otherwise formed of metal, andconsisting of two brackets or segmental rings, H I, and an angleiron, J,the ends of said rings uniting with the angle-iron near its ends, andthe iron is bolted, nailed, screwed, or otherwise fastened to the twosides of the post, by which, construetion and attachment the weight ofthe gate suspended on said frame is distributed across the post, and anyundue strain on any one pointprevented. Both of these segmental ringshave holes formed in them, and a swiv el-pin, K, is passed therethrough.The top or head of said pin is forked, and the shoulder thereof rests onthe upper ring.

The two forks of theswivel-pin are longitudinally grooved on their innerfaces, and the journals of a roller, L, fit therein, the groovesconstituting guides and bearings for the roller. This swivel is madeseparate from the frame and can be readily detached therefrom wheneverfound necessary, and both frame and pin, by reason of the simplicity oftheir construction, can be made at a trifling cost. Instead of formingthe forks of the swivel-pin with grooves, as described, the axles of theroller may be passed through openings formed in the forks.

The gate, made as described, is connected to the frame by setting thetop bar of the gate into the fork of the swivel, the bar resting on theroller therein, and the bar next below the top one usually passing underthe lower ring, by which means, when the gate is in a vertical position,it is prevented from being lifted out of the fork of the swivel.

A book or an angleiron, M, is driven into or otherwise secured to postF, preferably, but unnecessarily, at a point next to the second railfrom bottom of the gate, the said hook or iron projecting therefrom, sothat one of the gate-bars will fit between its upturned end and theposts, whereby the iron is constituted a guide and. support for thegate, what ever may be the angle to which it is turned.

A post or block, N, with a roller in its top, is set into the groundbetween the two gateposts forward of theupper support, so that thebottom rail of the gate, when closed, may rest thereon, and the gate bethereby somewhat supported when not balanced on its hinge.

In operation, when the gate is to be opened it is slid to one side untilthe block on the top bar strikes the swivel-pin on the supporting frame,or else the post F, when the check-block is on a lower rail, whichbrings the gate to a pivotal position, when it can be swung to one sidewithout dragging on the ground. In closing, the operation is the reverseof that described, the tenons on the end entering the mortises in thepost next thereto, and holding the gate closed until slid back fromcontact therewith.

1 am aware that in fiat-back hinge brackets, and similar articles, it iscommon to widen the horizontal portions as they approach the rF-Icn'bracket has ever been made with projections and swivel-pin turning insaid segments and constructed to make one wing of the anglecarrying aroller all as set forth.

iron brace the other. 7 In testimony whereof I have signed my 1 do notclaim a pivoted hinge-post carrying name to this specification in thepresence of the roller on which the gate slides, nor a J twosubscribing'witnesses.

back but I am not aware that an angleiron I of the angle-iron andcentrally perforated,

bracket consistim of an an -leiron with a x socketed projeetioi for thepos t; but ALBERT HUQKA I claim- Witnesses:

The hinge consisting of the angle iron JOHN P. HARRAH, bracketsorsegnlents extending to the wings ELIAS BURTON.

